Day 7 of the Advent Calendar 2019 is a dark treat from two great breweries. We've had a lot of sad collabs this year so it's nice to one that gets it right. Pohjala and Other Half made a baltic porter with rye malt, Tahitian vanilla and Brazilian coffee. Hamarik is a delicious, flavorful baltic porter. Yum!

Day 6 of the ToOl Advent Calendar is a dangerous double ipa. How dangerous? Well, Dangerously Close to Stupid! This IIPA is a bitter, refreshing and full of old school fun. It's the base for a line of fruit flavored IIPA. It's a great start and makes you want to try Dangerously Close to Stupid Bananas...or maybe not. The only thing we know is it's stupid good.

Day 6 of the Advent Calendar 2019 brings another US beer that you don't see on this side of the pond very often. Thankfully shops like Mikkeller Beer Shop and Himmeriget in Copenhagen import The Veil a few times a year. It's always a treat to get these beers and Merciless doesn't disappoint. It's a full on hazy ipa that shows why the Veil is one of the best US breweries.

Day 5 of the To Ol Advent Calendar gives us a rather unusual gose, one with pine shoots and simcoe hops. Gose to the Fyrreskov is dry-hopped with simcoe which gives it a fun hoppy flavor.  It's got a great body and full flavor for a 3.8% beer. This a great beer for people that want something to drink on Christmas eve but aren't looking to get drunk.

Day 5 of the Advent Calendar 2019 brings us a very nice surprise. We love The Bruery Terreux. However, their beers can be freakishly intensely sour. When we unwrapped this one, we all were immediately excited but apprehensive about it. Would it be delightful or would our palates be assaulted with sour overload. We're happy to report that Orchard Wit is a delightfully playful, fun beer.

Day 4 of the To Ol Advent Calendar is an india pale lager with mosiac hops. This is probably one of the best IPL's on the market. It's light, hoppy and extremely drinkable. To Ol has really done great things with lagers in the past and they continue to redefine what a lager can be. Misty Meadow is one to track down.

Day 4  of the Advent Calendar 2019 features Stigbergets DH DDH West Coast. You think you know Stigbergets and then they bust out one of the best double IPAs of the year. The West Coast IPA is a great beer but turned this up to 11 with the Double Headed, Double Dry Hopped West Coast IPA.  I don't think they could have worked more d's or h's into the title.

Day 3 of the To Ol Advent Calendar 2019 is a sour beer with raspberries. Sur Tettnanger is described as a berliner wiesse with raspberries. Sadly, it's lacking in sour and raspberries. It's a very mild beer that might be perfect for a hot summer day but is missing quite a bit to make it stand on its own.

Day 3 of the Advent Calendar 2019 brings us one of our favorite beer styles, gueuze. Cantillon is one of the best gueuze producers working today. We get to try the 2014 Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio. It's aged perfectly and really shows the craft and skills of the brewery. This Christmas keeps getting better and better.

Day 2 of the To Ol Advent Calendar 2019 give us another hit. To Ol has been doing the 1 Ton of... series for awhile now. So we'er super excited to get our hands of the most festive of the series, 1 Ton Of...Christmas. A sour beer with the essence of Danish Christmas, cherries, red currents and prunes blended to create a beer cocktail of celebration.